"Relying on Joe Masteroff's words; John Kander and Fred Ebb's music and lyrics; and the actors' significant talents, Director/Choreographer Erika Chong Shuch fashions an intense journey to 1930s Berlin as Hitler rises to power and the Kit Kat Klub offers a hedonistic diversion. Sarah Phykitt's minimal yet effective staging, highlighted by Stephanie Anne Johnson's haunting lighting, features a two-person band (Joshua Pollock on electric guitar, Werd Pace as DJ) on the higher level with actors performing on a lower diagonal catwalk and in the audience."
"Sharon Shao's gorgeous voice and childlike vulnerability fashion a naive sensuality for cabaret singer Sally Bowles with James Mercer II delivering a finely honed performance as the writer Clifford Bradshaw. Beth Wilmurt creates a compelling Fraulein Schneider well-matched to Joshua Pollock's Herr Schultz. They deliver a heart-achingly sweet version of It Couldn't Please Me More with Pollock on guitar and Wilmurt on ukulele."
Oakland Theater Project's Cabaret presents an intimate, intense journey to 1930s Berlin as Hitler rises and the Kit Kat Klub provides a hedonistic diversion. Erika Chong Shuch directs and choreographs, focusing on performers and period atmosphere. Sarah Phykitt's minimal staging and Stephanie Anne Johnson's haunting lighting place a two-person band above actors on a diagonal catwalk, with audience interaction. Sharon Shao portrays Sally Bowles with a gorgeous voice and childlike vulnerability; James Mercer II plays Clifford Bradshaw. Beth Wilmurt and Joshua Pollock offer a moving pairing as Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz with a tender rendition of It Couldn't Please Me More. The sold-out run at FLAX art & design in Oakland may be extended.
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